First Exhibition of the Earliest Photographs of Chinese Women
Dragon Women: Early Chinese Photography Opening Reception: March 15, 6pm to 9pm On view March 14 – May 15, 202410 West 18th Street 7th Floor, New YorkOpen by appointment only: 646-838-4576 or 410-602-3002 Rare early photographs of Chinese women from the Loewentheil Photography of China Collection will be exhibited for the first time in New […]
“Photographic Artists: Early Chinese Photography Studios” in Arts of Asia Spring 2022 Edition
PIONEERING Chinese photographers are under-recognised for their contributions to the history of photography. Works by early American and European exponents have been shown in China and appear in exhibitions in the world’s most prestigious museums, but their Chinese peers remain largely unknown. This is due in part to the scarcity of fine photographs of China […]
Lai Fong (ca. 1839-1890): Photographer of China
7 February 2020 – 14 June 2020 – Cornell University, Johnson Museum of Art This exhibition introduces viewers to the work of Lai Fong, arguably the most ambitious and successful photographer of nineteenth-century China. Lai established his studio in Hong Kong around 1870, and over the next twenty years built a towering reputation on his […]
120 Photographs of China from the Loewentheil Collection on Exhibit in Beijing
Felice Beato North Gate, Beijing 1860 Albumen print, 2 print 43 x 59 cm Vision and Reflection: Photographs of China in the 19th Century from the Loewentheil Collection 27 November 2018 – 31 March 2019 – Tsinghua University Art Museum, Beijing The Tsinghua University Art Museum will present for the first time in Beijing over […]
Masterpieces of Early Chinese Photography
Felice Beato Great Imperial Palace, Beijing 1860 Albumen print 7 March 2017 – 20 March 2017 – PRPH Books, New York Masterpieces of Early Chinese Photography brings together 30 original photographs by the greatest figures in nineteenth-century photography of China. These rare early photographs are from the Stephan Loewentheil Historical Photography of China Collection. This […]
Qing Dynasty Shanghai: The Photographs of William Saunders
William Saunders Portrait of a Woman from Guangzhou c.1865 Hand-colored albumen print 29 cm x 22 cm 4 November 2016 – 12 November 2016 – China Exchange, London Qing Dynasty Shanghai: The Photographs of William Saunders features a selection of 35 to 40 original 19th-century albumen silver prints, many hand-colored, by William Saunders from the […]
Qing Dynasty Peking: Thomas Child’s Photographs
Thomas Child Wedding Couple 1870s Albumen print 22 cm x 29 cm 23 September 2016 – 23 September 2016 – Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York The first exhibition in America of rare 19th-century photographs of Beijing by Thomas Child from the Loewentheil China Photography Collection. The famous bride and groom in Child’s wedding […]
Qing Dynasty Peking: Thomas Child’s Photographs
Thomas Child Jade Belt Bridge 1870s Albumen print 22 cm x 29 cm 10 November 2015 – 15 November 2015 – China Exchange, London An extensive collection of Thomas Child’s nineteenth-century photographs of Peking will be exhibited at the China Exchange in London, November 10-15, 2015. Thomas Child was the most prolific early photographer of […]